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Roberta Cruger

Writer / Pasadena, California

Roberta Cruger, a freelance journalist based in Pasadena, has covered green rooms, green cards and green housing, contributing to publications including Salon, Smithsonian, The Believer, LA Times magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and MSNBC websites. She's also the U.S. correspondent for AFP's lifestyle wire service, RelaxNews.

Cruger started writing about sustainable issues in the '90s, from organic gardening for Rescue magazine to green celebrity news for Plenty magazine. Her beat covers arts and culture, food and travel, design and media -- and how it all relates to the environment.

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